Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
66 Hamilton Street Carluke ML8 4HA
Received 18 Jun 2007South Lodge Yieldshields Road Carluke, ML8 4QD
Received 18 Jun 200739 Ramsay Road Leadhills ML12 6YA
Received 28 Sept 2006Birkshaw Nursery Shiedhill Road Carluke, ML8 5AL
Received 28 Sept 200611 Craignethan View Kirkmuirhill, ML11 9SJ
Received 29 Nov 2006Land At West Millrigg Farm Millrigg Road Wiston
Received 29 Nov 2006St Marys Hospital Off St Leonard Street/A743 Lanark
Received 29 Nov 20067 Rosebank Place Hamilton
Received 20 Oct 20063 Juniper Drive Hamilton
Received 20 Oct 2006Newhouse Farm Steadings Craigthornhill Road Hamilton
Received 20 Oct 2006Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath ML11 8LG
Received 11 Oct 2006Biggarshiels Farm Biggarshiels Road Biggar, ML12 6RE
Received 11 Oct 200660 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AB
Received 11 Oct 2006West Millrigg Farm Millrigg Road Wiston, ML12 6HU
Received 11 Oct 200611 Dalry Gardens Hamilton
Received 22 May 20076/8 Newhousemill Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 200673 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen
Received 9 Oct 200646 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang
Received 9 Oct 2006Tower Of Udstonhead Strathaven
Received 5 Oct 200619 Westport East Kilbride
Received 5 Oct 20068 Westfarm Wynd Cambuslang
Received 26 Sept 2006Bothwell Tennis Club Mill Road Bothwell
Received 22 Sept 2006134 Kirkton Avenue High Blantyre
Received 22 Sept 2006Council Depot Pollock Avenue Hamilton
Received 22 Sept 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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